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[Speedysteve]

"King of the Cats BBS". What is that?

[rtrapasso]

Speaking of hoarding (or we were a few days ago):

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=268346

EDIT: SOme guy had hoarded 70000 beer cans...

[Nikademus]

back in the 90's, before the explosion of the Internet doomed the breed, there were the local BBS's....(Bullitin Board Systems) An old high school friend of mine used to host one on his Amiga computer calling it "Graceful Boot". You dialed in (yeah....dialed) and mostly played little text game or ASCHI II based games. Some had some chat and message boards. Most were simple text based servers. You exchanged msgs mostly.

Sorry for the history lesson if it's redundant...some people don't know what "Zork" is after all. Anyway, King of the Cats was unique at the time because unlike what i described above, this BBS was graphical based vs. text and placed you in the unique role of playing a "Cat". Everything was from that perspective and the games you encountered at various places in this "world" (or "town" to be more accurate) had a cat based theme.. (like shooting mice out of cannons for points) Your "cat" persona was set up like a D&D character. You chose your name, breed of stupid cat, built experience through playing games and went up "levels". At certain levels you were granted titles and access to restricted parts of the BBS world. My favorite memories were in the "Kit Kat bar" which was one of two "chat/recreation" areas where cats could get together, drink virtual beer and play "pool" Another hole in the wall bar in the shadier part of town had a drunken cat half passed out on a bar stool speaking beat poetry continously.

You could die in this world and all cats had nine "lives" Once you lost your Ninth you had to create a new character. I got caught by the local animal control officer several times and had to escape from the "cell" before my number came up. There was also a crematorium where if you got caught by the owner's son he'd hang you upside down in a dungeon. Escape was possible but only within a certain number of tries. Then there was the secret catnip field.....getting high in the woods........ahhhhhhh. The local power plant served as a tricky game where a mistake meant electrocution. BZZZZZ....smoked kitty. Never became the King of the cats. Only a few managed that.

"Nikademus" first came into virtual existance there. Yes the irony of it. I was a Maine Coon IIRC grey with stripes......and managed to get to high levels after losing two of nine lives. BBS became so famous that it got national exposure and they had to add additional phone lines because while Seattle based, other areas of the country started dialing in. It used RIP graphics.

[RUPD3658]

Did they fill his mobile home?

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: RUPD3658

Did they fill his mobile home?

Well, not a mobile home (it was a town house), but yeah, they pretty much filled it. He had crates of beer cans stacked up to the ceiling. 24 cans of beer (Coors Light) per day for eight years.

They couldn't get at least one of the exterior doors open (blocked by beer cans). Up until that time of discovery, he was thought to be a model tenant... [X(] [:'(]

Surprisingly, the guy was still alive and is now a non-drinker and supposedly doing well!

[RUPD3658]

Military Common Sense Rules

A lot of life's problems can be explained by the U.S. Military and its applications of common sense ...

1. "Sometimes I think war is God's way of teaching us geography."
(Paul Rodriguez)

2. "A slipping gear could let your M203 grenade launcher fire when you least expect it. That would make you quite unpopular in what's left of your unit."
(Army's magazine of preventive maintenance ).

3. "Aim towards the Enemy."
(Instruction printed on US M79 Rocket Launcher)

4. When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend.
(U.S. Marine Corps)

5. Cluster bombing from B-52s is very, very accurate. The bombs always hit the ground.
(U.S. Air Force)

6. If the enemy is in range, so are you.
(Infantry Journal)

7. It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed.
(US Air Force Manual)

8. Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.
(Gen. MacArthur)

9. Try to look unimportant; they may be low on ammo.
(Infantry Journal)

10. You, you, and you . . . Panic. The rest of you, come with me.
(Marine Gunnery Sergeant)

11. Tracers work both ways.
(US Army Ordnance)

12. Five second fuses only last three seconds.
(Infantry Journal)

13. Don't ever be the first, don't ever be the last, and don't ever volunteer to do anything.
(US Navy Seaman)

14. Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid.
(David Hackworth)

15. If your attack is going too well, you have walked into an ambush.
(Infantry Journal)

16. No combat ready unit has ever passed inspection.
(Joe Gay)

17. Any ship can be a minesweeper... once.
(Admiral Hornblower)

18. Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do.
(Unknown Marine Recruit)

19. Don't draw fire; it irritates the people around you.
(Your Buddies)

20. Mines are equal opportunity weapons.
(Army Platoon Sergeant)

21. If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn't plan your mission properly.
(David Hackworth)

22. Your job is to kill the other person before they kill you so that your national leaders can negotiate a peace that will last as long as it takes the ink to dry.
(Drill Instructor)

23. In the Navy, the Chief is always right.
(Written on the door into the Chiefs quarters)

[Mike Solli]

How the heck did the guy afford it? At 24 cans a day, how was he ever sober enough to work to earn the next day's beer?

[Mike Solli]

ORIGINAL: RUPD3658

Military Common Sense Rules

A lot of life's problems can be explained by the U.S. Military and its applications of common sense ...

16. No combat ready unit has ever passed inspection.
(Joe Gay)

I can vouch for this one. I've seen it in action. Fortunately, I wasn't in the unit when it went in harms way (and have never been in said unit, nor will I ever be a part of this unit).

Edit: Wait a minute. I got it confused with the other half of this quote (I'll paraphrase): No unit that can pass inspections is ever combat ready.

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: Mike Solli

How the heck did the guy afford it? At 24 cans a day, how was he ever sober enough to work to earn the next day's beer?

Well, apparently, that DID get to be a problem. i suspect he actually started out with a lower "dose" and gradually escalated as tolerance for ethanol developed. When this mess was discovered, he apparently could no longer afford things like utilities...

[niceguy2005]

ORIGINAL: Speedy

Nik you heathen.

Yorkshire Pud is great.

Sheppards Pie kicks arse too.

In all seriousness English Food is probably 6th on my list behind:

Italian
Indian
Thai
Chinese
Mexican

ITALIAN! BLECH!!

Best foods are:
1. Mexican
2. Southwestern (Mexican/Western US mix)
3. Western US (Steak, potatos, fresh green veggies)
4. Chinese
5. US Seafood

[rtrapasso]

ITALIAN! BLECH!!

Hey! Don't knock the Italians!! [:-]

[niceguy2005]

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

Speaking of hoarding (or we were a few days ago):

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=268346

EDIT: SOme guy had hoarded 70000 beer cans...

HEY! What are you doing in my living room!! [:@]

[rtrapasso]

3. Western US (Steak, potatos, fresh green veggies)

You forget Coor's Light... [:'(]

[niceguy2005]

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

ITALIAN! BLECH!!

Hey! Don't knock the Italians!! [:-]

Nothing against the Italians its pasta I don't like. [:-]

[Mike Solli]

Well, I feel better.[:D]

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: niceguy2005

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

ITALIAN! BLECH!!

Hey! Don't knock the Italians!! [:-]

Nothing against the Italians its pasta I don't like. [:-]

"You are what you eat!" [:D]

[niceguy2005]

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso
You forget Coor's Light... [:'(]

I can't drink Coor's Light anymore. Back in the college days that's all we drank, I guess it was over exposure.

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: niceguy2005

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso
You forget Coor's Light... [:'(]

I can't drink Coor's Light anymore. Back in the college days that's all we drank, I guess it was over exposure.

Ah, well, you need to get those 70,000 Coor's Light empties out of you living room...

EDIT: if they've been there since you were in college, they probably are a bit ripe by now.

[Mike Solli]

I wonder how much 70k cans is worth.....

[niceguy2005]

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

ORIGINAL: niceguy2005

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso



Hey! Don't knock the Italians!! [:-]

Nothing against the Italians its pasta I don't like. [:-]

"You are what you eat!" [:D]

might explain a little bit about world war II performance. The Italian army fought about like a limp noodle. [:D]